Chapter 16 Beauty Disaster

"Where are we going?" Xingchen's wrist was clenched by Ning Zheng and ran forward like a kite.

Ning Zheng, who didn't wear a mackerel dance fairy skirt, ran very fast. Her body was as light as a swallow. She could jump far away with a gentle step, and the stars could not catch up with her. The ponytail jumped happily behind his head, and his hair stroked the tip of the star's nose. It was itchy. The fragrance of Ning Zheng's hair rushed into the abdominal cavity with his big breath when he ran, and he smelled the smelled like a cyano.

The girl turned around, and Bi Che's eyes were full of smiles, "Just follow me!"

Star 'Oh', just follow Ning Zheng. Well, you can follow her anywhere, as long as she doesn't leave herself.

The bright moon hung in the sky, and the two ran through the towering pavilions of Shangji City. The cool evening breeze swept over their ears and made a whining sound. In the moonlight, their shadows were pulled so long that they crossed the bustling Ziwei Street, turned left and right into a smaller street.

Xingchen has never been outside so late. My sister would never allow him not to return home at night, but she followed Ning Zheng to run. The girl's crisp laughter came, as if there was infinite magic, which made him simply forget his last concerns. Running so happily in the moonlight is a feeling that I have never felt before. Running in the night, I only follow the shadow. The cool airflow rushed into my chest, taking a big breath, as if drinking the most delicious wine.

I don't know how long he ran, Ning Zheng stopped and stood at the door of a shop that was still brightly lit so late. He put his hands on his waist and turned around and made a victory gesture to the stars: "Victory has arrived. I have a really good memory. I only came to this store once and remember how to go!"

She has been running for so long, and her breath is not chaotic at all, but her chest is slightly undulating. Xingchen raised his head and read out the plaque of the shop - the field porridge house.

Ning Zheng shook the bright ponytail and said with a cool smile, "The lotus seed porridge and yam porridge in this store are delicious. I promise you will like it here once you eat it!"

This porridge shop is not big. Compared with the four- or five-story pavilions across the street, it looks a little stingy, but the elegant layout inside makes people feel at ease.

He followed Ning Zheng into the porridge house. There were many guests who sat down so late. As soon as he entered the door, a slightly fat middle-aged woman greeted him and said with a warm smile, "Little girl, here you again? Aunt Xue knew that the porridge in our restaurant suits your appetite. Come and sit down. There are not many guests tonight. Just sit down!"

Ning Zheng smiled and pulled the silent star behind her. "Today, I brought a friend here to let him taste Aunt Xue's craftsmanship. Anyway, I ate your porridge once and I can't leave it again. It's coming again, and I've abducted another guest for you.

The beautiful woman smiled so hard that she couldn't close her mouth, "You girl will say sweetly!" Her eyes fell on the stars beside the girl, and her smile was slightly stagnant for a moment - running this porridge house, the guests were in all directions, and she was exquisite on all sides, so she recognized at a glance that this was the young man of the Liang family who had been in the limelight recently! Rare guest, absolutely rare guest! How can a big family with Zhongming Dingshi easily come to a porridge house to eat porridge?

The beautiful woman was well ardented in everyone's dungency and did not expose the identity of this lonely and beautiful man. She shouted to Xiao Er, "Go and take Miss Ning and the guests to sit in a secluded place!" Then he turned his head and looked at the two, frowned and smiled, "When you come to Aunt Xue, you will enter your own house. If you have any requirements, you can mention them casually. Aunt Xue promises to be satisfied!"

Two bowls of Baishu porridge and a small plate of lotus peanuts! Thank you, Aunt Xue!" Ning Zheng smiled and thanked him and sat down with the stars in front of a green bamboo and blue stone screen.

"Aunt Xue is very warm-hearted. I left Jiaxiu Lake that night. I walked around and came here. The unfamiliar places were all the inns that Aunt Xue took me to find, took me to buy a few plain clothes, and told me that women should not dress too luxuriously alone in Shangji City, which is easy to cause trouble... I have told you a lot. Almost the same!" Ning was holding his chin in both hands and watching the short and fat woman greet other guests.

Xingchen nodded and said nothing.

He has never been to this - in his words, it is a shabby place, but he fell in love with this simple and warm porridge house. There are also slightly fat beautiful women who are indeed very enthusiastic, which may also be the reason why the porridge shop is small but there is an endless stream of guests. In the Liang family's mansion, he is depressed and unhappy all day long. He compares with other dung bers in the city. It looks moist, but lacks the simplest truth in the world. The dans compared with each other and were flattered by fake smiles in those luxurious buildings, far from the warm heart of the owner of the porridge house with a full smile.

He caught a glimpse of Ning Zheng's clear eyes staring at him - maybe this was the most fun place she thought was in Shangji City, and she brought him here just to make him happy. He knows what the girl is like!

Xing Chen turned his head and smiled at Ning Zheng. His thin scarlet lips were like a flower, and his slender phoenix eyes narrowed into a line like a cat.

The girl saw him smile, and her pink cheeks also smiled happily.

She still likes to see the smiling stars, because she has never forgotten that when she first saw the stars, his clean and gentle smiling face was as deep in her heart like a totem - unforgettable.

When the second child served porridge, a ragged old man came in. Xingchen stared at him with a large bag on his back and saluted into the porridge room step by step. He sighed that Shang Jicheng was indeed a place to eat the poor. It was estimated that the old man's legs were also lame by a young man who didn't like him. I thought the old man would be kicked out immediately, but Aunt Xue greeted him with a smile and asked softly, "Uncle Liu, it's so late, you don't have to talk about books. Have you eaten? Eat something in the store if you don't eat? Where's the little cherry?"

The old man grinned and said, "Cherry has gone out to buy steamed buns. Seeing that you still have many guests here tonight, let's talk about it for a while. We are poor. We are often taken care of by you, but we can't be poor, can we? Uncle Liu is a wandering storyteller with his granddaughter, and he can only rely on his mouth to repay your kindness!"

Aunt Xue sighed so much that she didn't even let the second child come forward and take over the old man's bag in person. Inside it was a set of storyteller's Allegro, shocking wood, a few drums for accompaniment, and a dilapidated pipa.

"Lao Liu, let's talk about another paragraph, and then continue yesterday's paragraph!" A diner recognized the old man and smiled.

The old man bent down and grinked his dry lips and said, "This is the guy. When Sun's daughter comes back, we will sing and talk and give you all the guests for a while!" I hope you can come to the porridge house and take care of the business in the future!" With that, the old man held his fists in his hands and turned around to bow to the guests present.

At this time, a shabby but clean little girl ran into the porridge room with a lotus leaf bun, stopped in front of the old man, held the lotus leaf in front of the old man, and said, "Grandpa bought the steamed bun. Eat it!" The round one is cabbage and meat stuffing, and the long one is eggplant and chili stuffing! The uncle who sells steamed buns also brought me two more!"

Aunt Xue came forward and stroked the little cherry's head and said with a sad face, "How many times have I said that your grandfather and grandson will come to me when they have no place to eat. Although our porridge house is small, we can still afford to eat! How can I just eat steamed buns?

Cherry was about ten years old. She raised her childish face and said tenderly, "Grandpa said that you should be ambitious and can't always eat other people's food!" We can make money by ourselves--

Aunt Xue looked at the old man and said, "Uncle Liu, what did you say to Cherry? How many bowls of porridge do you want to eat? Shouldn't we help the poor? When you come to our porridge house to talk about books, how many guests come to your book review? Xue Ya is a woman, but the scale in her heart is flat!"

The old man smiled and said to his granddaughter, "Cherry, eat steamed buns and start work quickly. The guests are waiting!" Saying that, the old man had arranged the Jingtangmu Allegro, sat there with his legs crossed, and put on a human posture. The guests in the room cheered and applauded again when they saw the situation - it could be seen that the old man's storytelling was indeed outstanding!

Aunt Xue whispered to Xiao Er, "Go and ask the kitchen to add two bowls of lotus seed and honey dates porridge, stew it for a while, nourish your throat, and serve it in a large bowl!"

Xingchen stared at the guests who were full of the house applauding the old man, and disliked it without the old man's ragged clothes - this situation can never happen among people at his level! The dboy is bullied by a more ruthless dranny than himself. He often takes it out on this kind of little man. It's light to beat him violently. If he is cruel, he drags the horse from the city to the other end, dragging people to death!

These little people who usually can't see him at all may not be very rich. Their leisure entertainment is to come here to eat a bowl of porridge and listen to books for a while, but the smile on their faces is obviously the joy from the bottom of the sun, much happier than him, the eldest son of the Liang family! But they can't even afford to go to the most luxurious Ziwei Street. Why can they laugh so happily?

"Grandpa Liu is an old scholar. He has passed the palace examination in those years, but he was tricked and failed in confusion. After that, he returned to the countryside and suffered a flood. He was the only one left in the whole family, and then he has been wandering. He adopted the orphan little cherry and depended on each other for his life!" Ning was looking sideways at the little cherry that was devouring and chewing meat buns. At the age of ten, the child was obviously hungry and full, and his cheeks were yellow, thin and deep, so his eyes were particularly big.

"They often come here to talk about stories. They speak wonderfully. The guests love to listen to them. They will reward them a little money more or less. Aunt Xue also takes good care of them!" Her green eyes were slightly moist - she grew up in the deep courtyard of the palace, and it was not easy for these small people in the market. This time she left the palace, she was shocked by the news all the way! It's true that Fanyang is rich, but the rich are too rich and the poor are too poor. Even if Shangji City is the most luxurious city of enjoyment in Fanyang, how many small people's flesh and blood do you have to squeeze out to raise such a big man to enjoy?

The stars bowed their heads silently and felt heavy.

Xiao Er brought the Baishu porridge and lotus seeds and peanuts they wanted, and the old man and granddaughter also put on the posture of storytelling!

"Bangbang--" A brisk drum sounded, and the diners in the hall applauded.

"Pa--" Jingtangmu patted on the table, and the old man straightened his back and his voice was suppressed.

"Ten years of sad horses, thousands of ladder mountains are like sick apes. I still suffer from unrewarded people, and there are traces everywhere in the world. Heroes' graves, beauty graves, these years have been loess. Today, let's come to a section of "100,000 Armored Destroy the City, In order to Get Tears" in "Jinglan Long Battle Record"!"

A very beautiful beginning, and the guests here applauded!

"The last time we talked about the end of Jingxi, the heroes in the world rose up, and it was a sad autumn, and the people were not living. In order to save thousands of people from water and fire, the first emperor of Fanyang fought from Jiangdong and pulled out the city all the way. Those who defended the city and did not surrender will be executed when the city was broken! Emperor Jinglan led a large army across the Youhe River and was blocked outside the Langgu Pass, the first majestic pass of the Jingxi Dynasty! This Wolf Valley Pass is the site of Shangji City 300 years ago! The subjugated emperor of Jingxi thought that he had a hero to guard the gate of the country, so he could rest assured! Joke!" The old man was shocked, and the little cherry beat a few cowhide drums with her chopsticks. The rhythm was extremely fast!

"The war is urgent. On the western line, there is a founding emperor of Mengyang, who is stepping up the siege of the city and land. The two compete with each other. Whoever swallows the Jingxi Dynasty first is the new emperor of the world, and the other is convenient to die without burial! Emperor Jinglan had no choice but to order the strong attack on the Hangu Pass. 100,000 Jiashi ants attached to the city wall, killing and injured countless times. The siege of the city was cut off water and food for 30 days. Emperor Jingxi kept sending warriors to guard the customs and suppress Emperor Jinglan to kill..."

This battle is very famous in the history of Fanyang. It not only took this level after the death of 100,000 warriors, but also because it took the Langgu Pass and the Jingxi Dynasty collapsed in half, laying the foundation for Fanyang to build the dynasty. And the real history is far more cruel than that of the storyteller. At that time, the two sides were deadlocked in Langgu Pass for nearly two months, and the grain and water in the customs were exhausted. The army led by Jinglan, the emperor of Guan, was also poorly replenished, with heavy casualties, and the plague prevailed after the decomposition of the body. After the corpses, they could not attack the city for a long time, and the army was distracted, and there was only a mutiny.

In order to take down the Langgu Pass as soon as possible, Huangfu Jinglan did not hesitate to poison the water source, causing a large number of people to die. What's more, he excavated the corpses of the enemy that had been rotten and infected with the plague, and threw stones into the Wolf Valley Pass, and introduced the terrible epidemic into the gate. This move was vicious, and greatly shocked the enemy's morale and disintegrating the fighting spirit of the defenders from the inside. Only then did they exhaust the enemy's strength and strength in the attack and take down the Wolf Valley Pass.

After the incident, the deaths and injuries were taken. Only 100,000 warriors under Huangfu Jinglan could be killed and injured. The bodies of the warriors guarding the city inside the pass were piled up, and countless people also starved to death. The Langgu Pass, known as the first male gate in the world, turned into a skeleton city. The You River across the Wolf Valley Pass was infected with rotten corpses and smelled. After the establishment of the dynasty, because the imperial capital and the Langgu Pass were built by the You River, the corpses and plague in the Guan were brought to the imperial capital. Ten thousand people died due to the plague. Some believers in ghosts and gods said that this was the tragic killing of the Langgu Pass, and hundreds of thousands of souls were not scattered, which was a revenge on His Majesty Jinglan's poor soldiers!

There have been no living people in the Wolf Valley Pass for ten years!

It was not until His Majesty Jinglan ordered to clean up the corpses in the Wolf Valley Pass, sprinkle white ash and rinse them with brine again, and use tens of thousands of strong men to rebuild it, that this pass, which killed countless souls, was the most suitable city for enjoyment, and listened to the advice of the Buddha and Taoist masters to name the city "Shangji"!

Some people say that His Majesty Jinglan is crazy to kill and injure hundreds of thousands of people for his selfishness and will be punished by God. Some people also say that His Majesty Jinglan is a man. How can a man die in a war? No matter how bold you are, you will have as many achievements, killing and injuring hundreds of thousands of people in exchange for a three-year-long Fanyang Dynasty, which is worth it!

It's just that Emperor Jinglan has never mentioned his famous battle, and seems to have forgotten that the dead soul alone is enough to crush the mountains.

When the storyteller talked about the siege of 100,000 people, the diners seemed to have been brought back to the magnificent gate more than 300 years ago, and witnessed how tragic the war was, with blood splashing bluestones, and the iron armor was broken and covered with green moss. Compared with the smooth and rigorous history, this wild history is much more approachable. In addition, the storyteller's old man is extremely sensational, and many heroes are excited to hear it!

"Presumably many people will ask, is it worth it for a city for so many people to die?" The old storyteller's words turned from sonorous to hoarse, and the rapid drum of the little cherry also stopped and changed to a lute.

"His Majesty Jinglan has an appointment with Emperor Mengyang Liunian. They, whoever gets the world first, will be with the woman they like, and the other person can only send blessings. His Majesty Jinglan fought all the way, just to be with his beloved woman, so he did not hesitate to cause trouble and meet his good brothers. At that time, the emperor's army killed smoothly, and it was only one line away from the first line to annex the whole Jingxi Dynasty. If it hadn't been for His Majesty Jinglan's death and injury and forcibly captured the Wolf Valley Pass, I'm afraid that no one would have been present today... In order to get tears and death, His Majesty Jinglan's temperament is a man with blood and courage, and bones are really a hero!" The pipa stroked gently, like a pearl falling to the ground, and the old man's hoarse voice was infinitely sad.

"Who was the woman with in the end?"

The old man shook his head, "There is no one. The emperor and His Majesty Jinglan have been fighting for more than 20 years. At that time, they were full of gray hair, and the woman never appeared again... But now the world is named after that woman, Mengyang Fanyang, that woman is called Mengfan!"

What kind of woman can attract the emperor to fight? A real misfortune?

"That's all for today. If you want to know the details, let's break it down next time!" The old man patted the stunned wood again, and the diners woke up like a dream, shouting and cheering again.

Ning was lying on the table like a cat, with his chin on his arm, and said softly, "Is Mengyang and Fanyang because of this woman? If only someone was willing to fight for me, hey, let me also be a beauty disaster!"

Xing Chen was holding the hand of a spoon to stop, looking at Ning Zheng's appearance, and suddenly he didn't know where the courage came from.

"I would like to--"